The Calm Before the Storm (Saturday, June 19th)

Today was a pretty relaxing day. We got a good night sleep and got two hours worth of beach time this morning. We were suppose to have activities for the kids today at the airport from 2 to 4pm but there was a slim turn out by the public so we got some more time to relax and organize. The ARC committee introduced us to some of our fellow racers who had interesting back grounds. It was very cool to see some of the gals you are flying against and see what they have accomplished in the aviation world.


Organization is the big word in this game. We have so much aviation stuff to keep organized from our equipment (GPS, flight bags, etc) to all the charts (12) that are needed for the race. This doesn't include all the flight planning that was done through aviation software or the notes we have made to plotting and planning our course. I think we are pretty well over prepared and now we can sit through all the briefings over the next two days and get all that information organized.


We are on our way to the Air Race Classic BBQ at the airport from 6 to 8pm tonight. Tomorrow morning we move into the hotel so we are on site to start the briefings. Our schedule looks like this over the next two days….


Sunday:
All Contestant Briefing from 10 – noon.
Relax Sunday afternoon
Banquet from 5:30 to 8:30pm


Monday:
Racer Flyby Briefing 8 – 9:50am
Safety Seminar 10-11am
Outlook Weather Briefing 11:15 to 12pm
First Time Racers Clinic 1 to 2pm


Tuesday:
Take Off Breakfast 6 to 6:30am (like they expect us to eat!!!)
Final Race & Weather Briefing 6:30 to 7am
*** We have to get from the hotel to the airport and pack the plane
Take Off 8am

Pictures from Page Field and all the airplanes that are in the race....

Sorry I have more pictures but uploading has been slow and we have to run!!! :o)